jabble

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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A slight agitation on the surface of a liquid; small irregular waves running in all directions.

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There is a perpetual "jabble" against the cliffs on this coast -- and we have seldom met with a soul save an aged and solitary fisherwoman -- a study for a Bonington -- pursuing her precarious calling of crab or shrimp fishing, or of pulling lobsters from their retreats in the savage cliffs.

When we made the passage (bound, although yet we knew it not, for Silverado) the steamer jumped, and the black buoys were dancing in the jabble; the ocean breeze blew killing chill; and, although the upper sky was still unflecked with vapour, the sea fogs were pouring in from seaward, over the hilltops of Marin county, in one great, shapeless, silver cloud.

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n., A slight agitated movement of water or other liquid; a splashing or dashing in small waves or ripples. v. 1) to jabber; 2a) to shake or mix up together; shake up or agitate (a liquid); cause to splash. 2b) to splash, plash, dash in small waves or ripples.